Most of us have quietly convinced ourselves that busy-ness is a badge of honor.

Mark Buchanan believed the same thing — until it almost cost him his health, his marriage, and his connection with God. And what he found on the other side of that is something the modern church has almost entirely stopped talking about.

In this conversation, Linda and I sit down with Mark Buchanan — author of The Rest of God, God Walk, and his new historical fiction novel What Is Left of the Night — to talk about why busyness kills the heart, what Sabbath really means as more than a day, how walking is a deeply spiritual practice woven all through Scripture.

His book The Rest of God is what started our practice of monthly sabbaticals 13 years ago, and this conversation took us somewhere we didn't expect.

WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE

Here's a little of what we cover in this episode:

Why Mark nearly burned out as a pastor — and how discovering Sabbath saved his marriage and his ministry
Why Sabbath isn't just about a day of the week — it's an attitude and a way of seeing everything
The phrase "busyness kills the heart" and what it actually looks like in your everyday life
How Bob and Linda's 13-year practice of monthly sabbaticals grew out of one book — and led to a full year off
The spiritual practice of walking, and the surprising number of times it shows up in Scripture
Mark's new historical fiction novel about a French village that protected 2,500 Jews during WWII with zero casualties
What connects Sabbath, walking, and a village that simply refused to live by the world's rules

RESOURCES MENTIONED

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He Burned Out as a Pastor (Then Discovered this…) w/Mark Buchanan